Improvement in combined drip-pan and self-oiler for bearings



R. B EASON. anandVSeIf-OiIer for Bearings.

Patented Feb. I8, I879.

Combined Drip-P mmiiil INVENTOR WITNES P v ATTORNEYS.

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U I ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. EASON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

I IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED DRIP-PAN AND SELF-OILER FOR BEARINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,449, dated February18, 1879; application filed I January 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD B. EASON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CombinedDrip-Pan and Self-Oiler for Bearings, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a top view of a shaft-bearing to which my improvement hasbeen applied. Fig. 2 is a detail section of the same, taken through thebroken line aat, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved drip-pan andoiler for shaft-bearings and other bearings, which shall be soconstructed as to keep the bearing properly oiled, and at the same timeconduct the oil that may drip from the ends of the bearings back to thesaid bearin gs, and which shall be simple in construction and convenientin use.

The invention consists in the combination of the tube to receive packingwith the bearthe tube B is screwed into a socket, a, formed in themiddle part of the drip-pan G. From the lower end of the socket 0 apassage, 0 leads through a projection formed upon the bottom of thedrip-pan O, and terminates in a small chamber, D, formed upon the sideof the said drip-pan O. E is the oil-reservoir, which is made in theform of a bottle, and is inverted in the chamber D. In the tube B isplaced a packing, F, of lamp-wick, cotton-waste, or I leading throughthe lower part of the socket 0 into the channel 0 With thisconstruction, any oil that drops from the ends of the bearin gAwillflowthrough the hole 0 into the passage 0 and will be conducted back to thesaid bearing by the packing F, the reservoir E supplying additional oilas fast as required, and no faster, so that there will be no waste ofoil, and the journal will be kept thoroughly oiled.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the tube B, to receivev packing,with the bearing A, and with the drip-pan 0, provided with the socket c,having a hole, a", through its side, the passage 0 and the chamber D, toreceive an oil-reservoir, substantially as herein shown and described. I

RICHARD B. EASON.

Witnesses:

' Lines '1. GRAHAM,

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